Maxim Popularity by Year
Follow Maxim across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Maxim birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 114 | #1,520 | Down 72 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 125 | #1,448 | Down 111 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 142 | #1,337 | Down 166 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 174 | #1,171 | Down 95 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 197 | #1,076 | Up 35 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 177 | #1,111 | Down 127 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 216 | #984 | Down 82 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 240 | #902 | Down 31 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 249 | #871 | Down 24 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 265 | #847 | Down 67 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 301 | #780 | Down 60 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 335 | #720 | Up 11 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 319 | #731 | Down 48 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 346 | #683 | Up 43 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 313 | #726 | Up 3 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 314 | #729 | Up 2 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 6 | #14,959 | — |
| 2009 | Boys | 319 | #731 | Down 28 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 334 | #703 | Up 86 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 273 | #789 | Up 62 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 236 | #851 | Up 129 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 177 | #980 | Down 85 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 194 | #895 | Down 46 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 204 | #849 | Up 105 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 168 | #954 | Down 28 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 167 | #926 | Up 36 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 158 | #962 | Up 219 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 109 | #1,181 | Up 99 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 94 | #1,280 | Up 70 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 82 | #1,350 | Up 202 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 64 | #1,552 | Up 312 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 46 | #1,864 | Down 111 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 50 | #1,753 | Up 39 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 47 | #1,792 | Up 163 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 41 | #1,955 | Up 389 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 30 | #2,344 | Down 258 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 35 | #2,086 | Up 206 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 29 | #2,292 | Down 257 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 31 | #2,035 | Down 206 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 35 | #1,829 | Up 397 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 25 | #2,226 | Up 2,107 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 9 | #4,333 | Down 1,509 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 16 | #2,824 | Up 1,675 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 8 | #4,499 | Down 807 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 11 | #3,692 | Down 280 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 12 | #3,412 | Up 2,113 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 6 | #5,525 | Down 1,457 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 9 | #4,068 | Up 991 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 6 | #5,059 | Down 124 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Down 430 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 6 | #4,505 | Down 1,135 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Up 167 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Up 64 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 6 | #3,601 | Up 45 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 6 | #3,646 | Down 605 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 8 | #3,041 | Up 611 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 6 | #3,652 | Down 100 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 6 | #3,552 | Up 390 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 5 | #3,942 | Down 799 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 7 | #3,143 | Down 48 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 7 | #3,095 | Down 176 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 7 | #2,919 | Up 190 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 6 | #3,109 | Down 145 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 7 | #2,964 | Down 252 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 8 | #2,712 | Up 793 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 5 | #3,505 | Down 375 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 6 | #3,130 | Up 419 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 5 | #3,549 | Up 130 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 5 | #3,679 | Up 522 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 5 | #4,201 | Down 1,026 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 8 | #3,175 | — |